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'We will not hesitate': Canada prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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"We will not hesitate to act," Trudeau said at a meeting of the newly formed Council on Canada-U.S. Relations in Toronto. "We will respond and, I will say it again, everything is on the table."

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[–] Godort@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

That's kind of the idea. It's a punitive measure to discourage Canadians from buying US goods.

We might not have domestic alternatives for some things, but we dont necessarily need to get those from the US either. There are other countries we can import from. Failing that, some people might decide that they don't really need whatever item is being tariffed and wait for prices to go down.